The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. has been on high alert regarding communicable diseases in shelters due to the lack of proper water sources for hygiene.<\/p>\n
According to CHCC Public Health medical director Dr. Phuong Luu, the corporation is working to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, such as diarrhea and others, in shelters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe finished shelter outreaches early last week. We went to all 13 shelters, and we have a daily event-based reporting,\u201d she said, adding that with the daily reports, CHCC is able to use medical professionals to quickly address a health situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven one or two cases can spread [throughout the shelter],\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
According to Luu, her team was able to respond to reports of head lice, pink eye, diarrhea, and more \u201cright away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since then, Luu noted, the corporation has also been holding free medical clinics in villages.<\/p>\n
According to Esther Mu\u00f1a, CHCC chief executive officer, CHCC\u2019s federal partners were on island even before the typhoon hit Saipan and Tinian.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have this great partnership [with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] and we have been working and trying to make sure that we have the services here [on Saipan], and really trying to make sure that everything is okay,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The main concern now is the lack of water since it poses problems for hygiene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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